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    The surname Kiner

    A surname, carried by 1,219 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K560

    Kiner: #21,439 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kiner #21,439, 1,219 people Kiner: #21,439 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kiner #21,439, 1,219 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kiner is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,219 people named Kiner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,126.

    #21,439
    rank among US surnames
    1,219
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.3%
    change since 2000 (was #21,590)

    Who is named Kiner

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    67% of people named Kiner identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Two or more races 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kiners

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kevin Kiner
      American film and television composer (born 1958)
    • Ralph Kiner
      American baseball player and announcer, 1922–2014

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kiner

    Kiner has the Soundex code K560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kiner?
    1,219 people in the United States had the surname Kiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 253,278 Americans. It ranked 21,439th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kiner?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Kiner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kiner?
    Kevin Kiner, American film and television composer (born 1958), followed by Ralph Kiner.
    Where is the surname Kiner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kiner in the United States.
    Is the surname Kiner getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,219 in 2010, up 8.3%.